Philosophy: metaScience & Technology
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Philosophy: metaScience & Technology
Paperback. Marina Warner's study of the products of fantasy deepens our understanding of the supernatural in relation to self and society. This surprising story explores the metaphors and media that have been the stock in trade of poets, scientists, magicians, and visionaries, including wax and cloud, smoke and mirrors, ether, ectoplasm, and celluloid. Num Pages: 496 pages, 8pp color plates, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HPJ; HRQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199239238
- ISBN
- 9780199239238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99
€ 23.99
Paperback. * This is the latest work by one of the leading figures of the cutting-edge philosophical orientation known as speculative realism. Harman develops his 'object-orientated philosophy' by extending it into the realm of social theory. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509500970
- ISBN
- 9781509500970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
Paperback. What is a rhizome? What is a war machine? What is a body without organs? This volume provides a singular interpretation of the work in terms of assemblages and connecting that interpretation with traditional and contemporary debates within philosophy. It explains all the terms found in A Thousand Plateaus. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748686469
- ISBN
- 9780748686469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.06
€ 29.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. A novel and philosophically illuminating account of Descartes's metaphysics and its immediate historical context. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521616140
- ISBN
- 9780521616140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.30
€ 52.30
Paperback. Thoroughly updated, the second edition of this highly successful textbook continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in metaphysics. In addition to updated material from the first edition, it presents entirely new sections on ontology and the metaphysics of material objects. Editor(s): Kim, Jaegwon; Korman, Daniel Z.; Sosa, Ernest. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 736 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444331028
- ISBN
- 9781444331028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.72
€ 40.99
€ 39.72
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198719656
- ISBN
- 9780198719656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.52
€ 106.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 32. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173177
- ISBN
- 9780691173177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.72
€ 29.99
€ 21.72
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tarcher
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874777987
- ISBN
- 9780874777987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.25
€ 19.99
€ 18.25
Paperback. An incisive, original, compelling alternative to current mainstream cultural views and assumptions. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785350184
- ISBN
- 9781785350184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.92
€ 17.99
€ 15.92
Paperback. Widely regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy, Descartes sought to look beyond established ideas and create a thought system based on reason. In this work, he meditates on doubt, the human soul, God, truth and the nature of existence itself. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192963
- ISBN
- 9780141192963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.27
€ 10.99
€ 9.27
Paperback. Are humans just complex biochemical machines, mere physical parts of a causally closed materialist universe? Are we approaching the so-called Singularity when human consciousness can (and will) be downloaded into computers? Or is there more to the human person something that might be known as soul or spirit? As this book makes clear, the .." Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. .
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718894924
- ISBN
- 9780718894924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.74
€ 50.74
Hardback. This volume combines articles on the ethics, epistemology and ontology of Plato and the influence of his thinking on Aristotle and beyond. Editor(s): Cairns, Douglas; Herrmann, Fritz-Gregor; Penner, Terry. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748628117
- ISBN
- 9780748628117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.75€ 154.12
€ 160.75
€ 154.12
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- paperback / softcover
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812694444
- ISBN
- 9780812694444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.73
€ 44.99
€ 36.73
Paperback. New translations of the central mediaeval texts on the problem of universals are presented here in an affordable edition suitable for use in courses in mediaeval philosophy, history of mediaeval philosophy, and universals. Includes a concise Introduction, glossary of important terms, notes, and bibliography. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: CBD; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202498
- ISBN
- 9780872202498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.79
€ 29.99
€ 21.79
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472583666
- ISBN
- 9781472583666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.27€ 133.49
€ 149.27
€ 133.49
Paperback. Presents the author's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality and the hard-headed view that all processes are the material. In this book, the author argued instead that the reality or substance of things lies in their concrete forms. Editor(s): Lawson-Tancred, Hugh. Translator(s): Lawson-Tancred, Hugh. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446197
- ISBN
- 9780140446197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.13
€ 16.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. Launches a surprising defence of the reality of evil, drawing on literary, theological, and psychoanalytic sources to suggest that evil, no mere medieval artefact, is a real phenomenon with palpable force in our contemporary world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press New Haven
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300171259
- ISBN
- 9780300171259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.12
€ 16.99
€ 14.12
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Roussel, Mathilde. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b&w. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPJ; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231169035
- ISBN
- 9780231169035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.72
€ 29.99
€ 21.72
Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 colour photos. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816678983
- ISBN
- 9780816678983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.42
€ 21.99
€ 21.42
Paperback. To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture, yet here Mary Midgley does so with her customary brilliance and clarity - to read Wickedness is to understand her reputation as one of the great moral philosophers. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415253987
- ISBN
- 9780415253987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.39
€ 20.39
Paperback. This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that the individuals that inhabit our world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224266
- ISBN
- 9780631224266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.41
€ 39.41
Paperback. Can we truly claim that metaphysics is over? Through a close reading of Levinas's masterpiece Totality and Infinity and a careful elaboration of Levinas's concept of the "nocturnal event" that surpasses the light of understanding, Raoul Moati opens the possibility of a revival of metaphysics after the "end of metaphysics." Translator(s): Wyche, Daniel. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 278 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273201
- ISBN
- 9780823273201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.17
€ 32.17
Paperback. Translator(s): Beranek, Erik; Howles, Tim. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 203 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Univocal Publishing LLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937561505
- ISBN
- 9781937561505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.87
€ 30.99
€ 27.87
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739757
- ISBN
- 9780804739757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.03
€ 33.99
€ 31.03